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If you added just a few degrees of anhedral (or is it dihedral?) to the nacelle supports, you'd clear the impulse thrusters rearward as well as the bussards forward. Or else put the impulse thrusters at the very end of the secondary hull (the shuttle bay's below, right?)
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Dihedral. Think of the F-4 Phantom II. The wintips are di, the tailerons are an.
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Have I mentioned that I love this ship? Cause I love this ship. This is probably the best fan design I've seen.
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Incidentally I think the third version down on your prposals for a refit side view on the ASDB site is the best.
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quote: If you added just a few degrees of anhedral (or is it dihedral?) to the nacelle supports, you'd clear the impulse thrusters rearward as well as the bussards forward. Or else put the impulse thrusters at the very end of the secondary hull (the shuttle bay's below, right?)
Ok I'll spoil the surprise and show you what I had planned for the Redux. Antares: Aft
I didn't want to angle the pylons partly because it's a little too much of a departure from the original sketch that I'd care to make, partly because the flat one-piece pylon is one of my favourite aspects of this design and finally and I think most importantly I didn't want to draw any further design comparisons with NX-01.
quote: Have I mentioned that I love this ship? Cause I love this ship. This is probably the best fan design I've seen.
Same here, although there are days when I wish it wouldn't be so stubborn and finish itself. I only wish it was really my design at all.
quote: Incidentally I think the third version down on your prposals for a refit side view on the ASDB site is the best.
I've given up taking advice on that side view, I gotten such a hugely variety of preference but little justification. I have a few fresh ideas concerning this and I should have it cracked when I come to do the plans proper.
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It'll probably be a while before I get back to doing the side view now that it's "frozen" so I'll leave a challenge for those artists who enjoy drawing up bridge plans. Antares-II Bridge Module
See if you can design a bridge that can fit inside that.
Also a brief update on the Antares Redux; I've started work on the ventral view (something of a first for me), the nacelles still need to be sorted out properly but almost everything else is more or less done.
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Unbelievable! Great job!
I love how you used gradients to give it a pseudo-3D effect (has someone else said that? if so, didn't intend to plagerize).
I thought I had to do starships in 3D to get them to look halfway descent. You have restored my faith in 2D and inspired me to perfect my design ability in vector applications.
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